Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

n Paris the dandelion is in great
favor among artificial flowers for trim
ming hats.
I'm Germany householders are al
lowed to treat trespassing cats and
dogs as beasts of prey; that is. they
lean kill them in any way they choose.
AT a London auction the other
day Louis XIV oblong writing-table
of marqueterie fetched 1.750 guineas,
and pair of Louis XVI candelabra
went at $50 guineas.
I'm Paris small pots of clotted
cream, slightly sour, are sold for few
pence. This cream is called st. Ger
vais; it is excellent when eaten alone,
but still better with fresh fruit or with
tarts.
OF the 25S Popes of Rome, 1O4
were natives of Italy. IA of France, 9
of Greece. of Germany. 5 of Asia, 8
of Africa, 8 of Spain. of Dalmatia, 1
of England, of Portugal and 1 of
Holland.
The births recorded in London
every week exceed the deaths by
more than a thousand, and during
the next ten years the increase in the
number of inhabitants will probably
be nearly three-quarters of million.
At a sale in Paris the other day a
splendid dish of the rare old Rouen
ware fetched f304 1t was twenty
inches in diameter, and was beautiful
= ly painted with Cupids and flowers.
There are some very fine specimens OF
this china in the private apartments at
Windsor Castle. England.
1T is stated that a syndicate, COM
posed chiefly of Belgians, has obtained
from the Persian Government the con-
cessions for constructing the Persian
railway. The first line will run from
the capital. Teheran. to the celebrated
place of pilgrimage. Shah-Abdul-Azim,
aplace of 10000 inha bitants, and it
will be about ten kilometers in length.
Public Opinion.
"A gossiping newsmonger writes
from London that when they began to
put Buckingham Palace in order for
the accommodation of the jubilee
guests, its condition was found to be
anything but edifying. The upp er
stories. which had not been inhabited
for years, were absolutely filthy, the
carpets and curtains all tattered, and
the wall paper in many places defaced.
Boston Transcript
, - THAT some rich families are left
among the old French nobility is illus
srated by the case of the late Duke of
ld-Dondeaville, who dur
ang his lifetime gave away more Than
3. 600. 900 francs for charitable objects,
land yet left to his heir Larochefou-
cauld-Bisaccia, over 20,OO0.O0 The
latter already had an income of $780,
600 year before he received this sum.
-GeuetGRd Leader.
The Italian Government has or
dered the excavation of the site of the
lost city of Sybaris. in that part of
Southern Italy known as Magma Gre
cha" The city lies seven feet under
the water of the river Craft, where it
has reposed for twenty-five centuries.
The results are expected to be as inter-
.esting as those attending the resurrec-
ton of Pompeii. Chicago AdUance.
"A number of paintings by Hogarth
and his father-in-law. Sir James
Thornhill. have been curiously brought
to light in an old house at Greenwich,
England. They were painted on pam
/ nels in the wall. but butcher who
subsequently occupied the house COW
cred them over with rich drab. Now
the drab has peeled off and revealed
the pictures.
The Nordenfeldt torpedo boat,
(which has just been completed in En-
rgland, is steel vessel one hundred and
twenty feet long and twelve feet wide,
with a speed Of seventeen knots an
an hour when moving on the surface
of the water. and about four knots
when submerged for purposes of SUBJ
Hmarine warfare. Accumulated steam
rprope1s her under water, and the air
vtaken down in the boat itself suffices
for the crew of nine men to breathe
for several hours. Great results from
this novel craft are anticipated by her
designer. She is submerged and raised
by the admission and expulsion of sea-
water. for which great tanks arc pro-
.videdL N = Ledger.